Jr V2 v9 Creative Commons.dxf Printrbot JR v2 3D Printer by Brook Drumm is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. I have chosen to license this and all my designs under a non-commercial license. This is currently...

The Aluminum Extruder, or Alu Extruder, is a hit! There has been a few little changes — as is my MO, if I can Simplify it, I will. This of course creates some confusion and underscores the need for good documentation. I spent a few hours today trying some new...

Today, I live in the future. For the first time, an in-house Printrbot Simple has used Marlin’s official code (plus some voodoo from Laine – more on that in a minute) to auto level the bed and print a cube on a severely slanted print bed. It Doesn’t...

By Shawn Grimes – @shawng on Twitter 3D Printing is one of the most impactful tools we have at the Digital Harbor Foundation Tech Center (@DHFBaltimore). It is easily one of the most popular technologies that our youth like to work with but it’s...

Simple 11-12-13 Creative Commons.dxf Printrbot Simple 3D Printer by Brook Drumm is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. I have chosen to license this and all my designs under a non-commercial license. This is...

Calling all 1.75mm filament users! We have four NEW colors – black, red, green, and blue – in 1.75mm ABS. And, we want to give you samples, total of +/- 1lb, for you to test. Give feedback by emailing shipping@printrbot.com your results – we need...

Printrbot meets lots of cool people. Mick is one of them… he has prepared an image for your Raspberry Pi that has Octoprint installed with camera support out of the box. The cool thing about this image is that it sets up an ad hoc wifi network on bootup. With...

Simple Creative Commons.dxf Printrbot Simple 3D Printer by Brook Drumm is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. I have chosen to license this and all my designs under a non-commercial license. This is currently...

The following is an email I sent to Hack Manhattan – a hackerspace that held a successful 3d printing class based on the Printrbot printers. It accurately expresssd my sentiment about the potential of partnering with hackerspaces. I am open to feedback fr the...

Printrbot loves Hackerspaces. It’s true. I love the idea of people taking initiative to build things for themselves… and people helping others learn to build. What could be better?! So as a little gift to those who prefer sourcing and building their own...

Below is the autoresponder message you will get if you email simple@printrbot.com Basically, I want to release the Simple a day early via hackerspaces. How? by seeding the non-commercial files to hackerspaces worldwide and having them make them and distribute to...

Printrbot-Extruder Creative Commons.dxf Printrbot Extruder by Brook Drumm is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. I have chosen to license this and all my designs under a non-commercial license. This is currently...

LC Creative Commons.dxf Printrbot LC 3D Printer by Brook Drumm is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. I have chosen to license this and all my designs under a non-commercial license. This is currently the best...

David Kelley – the awesome dude mentioned his Printrbot in the 60 minutes story on him. We sincerely wish him the best! He is the founder of the Silicon Valley global design firm IDEO. His company has created thousands of breakthrough inventions including the...

The Printrbot Plus now has the long-promised “Super-Z” height expansion available in the store at Printrbot.com! With this upgrade, you can now print 23 inches tall on the 8×8 print bed. That is over 1400 cubic inches! We will sell it for $199 but...

We have been busy at work making small incremental improvements to our bots. We are releasing the new ones as soon as we can, but we will roll them all up and incorporate them into a coming revision of our bots sometime in January. The current models will stand as we...

The US military is developing its own 3D printer that it can use to produce spare parts for spacecraft. By putting 3D printers behind the front line it hopes to be able to produce spares more cheaply and quickly than it can get them from manufacturers. It has been...

Have you come across a really cool 3D model that you wish you could print, but you don’t have a 3D printer? Or maybe you do have a 3D printer but would like to see what our Printrbot jr. is capable of? If so, please submit your 3D model ideas and we will...